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BT account hack. how is this being done?
Neighbour had BT account hacked. password, recovery mobile and recovery email all changed. Result - 1. email to address list asking for money 2. replies from these people being forwarded to spammer email address in BT (auto-forward) settings. Sorted with BT, we thought. Half an hour later, the auto-forward has been…
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Microsoft 365 and security options
I have Microsoft 365 Personal plan which is coming up for renewal. Last year I bought through Amazon, and was considering the same again for £45.99 I'm embarrassed to say that I dont run security checks on my laptop. Should I purchase a package with McAfee included (£49.99 at Amazon for family package even though it's just…
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Andriod 12. Incoming calls shown with country code
Incoming calls on my mobile (moto g30) are shown with the country code +44, the contact is not saved with the CC. The correct contact name however, is shown. This, I think, is causing an issue via Bluetooth to my car as the number is shown, not the contact name. So I don't know whether to accept the call or not. Any ideas…
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Basic gaming pc
My 10 yo wants to play Palworld and Hogwarts Legacy on a pc. He already has an ancient Dell which plays Roblox and Minecraft ok. Palworld seems to have the highest recommended specs...which are expensive to meet!! We will have to live with 1080 rather than 2/4k, as the price is way to high. Already have an existing monitor…
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Windows 11 / Media Viewer question
When I play saved videos full screen on my Windows 11 laptop, there's a band across the bottom of the screen with various things on it like play,pause, exit full screen etc. How do I make this band go away during playback?
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Blink doorbell and sync hub. Free forever?
Hi I bought my blink doorbell and sync 2 hubas i assumed i would never need a subscription like the ring doorbell. All was good for 6 months but now I've had an email telling me my blink subscription plan is nearly over. I assumed because i bought the sync hub that FOREVER i would never need to pay a subscription. Right…
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Email address and leaving bt internet
Hello, and thanks in advance for any help my broadband is due to renew soon….and BT are too expensive. however I do have a btinternet.com email address. Can I still access this for free if I leave bt and go to another provider? as far as I know I can, but can’t do so as an app, ie will have to sign in etc on iPad rather…
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Ring camera / doorbell plan price increase..aka unjustified rip off
Anybody else had an email from Ring today to say they are increasing the basic protect plan by 40% from £24.99 to £34.99 from July with some so-called extra features that quite frankly aren't worth a bean to most people (i.e. 180 instead of 30 days video storage, the ability to download 50 clips at one time). Absolute rip…
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Should I get another DSLR camera?
My trusty Canon 550D after 14 years great service has sadly died recently, leaving me with the decision on what to replace it with. We travel a fair bit and I love taken photos and videos. My natural choice would be to go for another Canon DSLR, so would be interested to know people's opinions. Don't want to spend a…
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ITV-X Firestick issue
One of our TV's is unable to upgrade to ITV-X (still has the old ITV Player) so we use a Firestick.Recently, watching a program and, after the ad break, when it goes back to the next section of the program, it just freezes. Sometimes with a spinning circle, sometimes with just a black screen.Pressing back, play or anything…
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Firestick
Hi all We have had a firestick for about 3 years. Last sunday half way through a show, the tv turned it self off, and turned itself on. Kept doing that till we turned off at the plug. So we splashed out on an LG smart tv. However since then, the firestick and the sky q box intermittently will lose connection to the…
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Edge browser now handles avif images.
Microsoft Edge browser v121 has now enabled avif images by default. There's a test page... here ---> https://libre-software.net/image/avif-test/ avif is well supported in web browsers. There's a chart...here ---> https://caniuse.com/avif Good practice for websites is to offer a modern format, such as avif or webp. Also…
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Don't even know the name - personalised pic?
Hi all. I've not got any experience manipulating images other than in paint and PowerPoint. My lovely cat died recently and I would like to create a photo with: 1. Her Pawprints at actual size, coloured to match how they looked. I have black ink Pawprints that the vet took and photos of her paws. How would I make sure the…
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which cctv
I'm looking to install 2 - 3 internal wireless cameras but struggle to understand how they work. * Would like alerts when they detect movement when I'm out * facility to switch them on/off easily - I don't want alerts and recording every time I walk past them myself - just want when house is unoccupied * facility to…
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SMARTY/Three blocking tethering?
Wonder if anyone knows what's going on here, please .. I use tethering from iPhone to Macbook a lot. Current service provider is SMARTY on an unlimited data plan. Mobile data service has been notably erratic in recent days. Then today the option to set up a mobile hotspot dissapeared from the settings menu with a message…
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Problems with Apps on Win 11 laptop
My win 11 laptop has suddenly started to play upWhen I select (for example) a jpg image from the desktop - it tells me"The application cannot be started, Try reinstalling the application to fix the problem"similar with txt files Word files (doc and docx) are OK as are PDF'sI have tried System Restore and that makes no…
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Bios - any way to circumvent this?
I left a remote job 14 months ago and the company has never bothered to have the equipment picked up/returned & I reckon they won’t now after all this time. There is a Dell laptop with BIOS set up. Is there any way to get around this or is this laptop only good for the dump? I’m not techy at all so if someone could…
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LG TV WiFi Pssword
Sky have issued me a new router, I have connected Wifi on my laptop and tablet . When I try and get into the wifi on my LG Smart TV the new sky WIfi number appears but the I enter the Sky password which does not accept. What am I doing wrong
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Smart Socket controlled by Python Code?
I have a Tapo smart socket that I used to control using a raspberry pi and a python script which after updates no longer works. I had it switch on and off wirelessly depending on temperature rather than using a wired relay in a greenhouse. Does anyone know of another smart socket that can be controlled by a python script?
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Deal Monday for technology goods
Set of Samsung Air Buds 2 Pro on there for £90 vs £220 direct from Samsung. Just wondering if others have used & can report good/bad from here? From what I can see it's a site where you get foreign goods. I did that for my Samsung GW3 from Techinthebasket. It came in some foreign language & missing a couple features but…
